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Mykola Maksai (Микола Максай)

3×3 · top 7.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019MAKS05

Mykola Maksai (Микола Максай) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.07, set at Ukrainian Nationals 2019, puts him in the top 7.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 212th in Ukraine. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since August 2019, he has put 37 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Mykola has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.7% of 284,439 all-time
10.07
signature single · Ukrainian Nationals 2019
37
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUkraine
3×310.0714.02
top 7.7%212 / 2,868
2×24.475.69
top 32.5%598 / 1,894
3×3 one-handed33.0143.81
top 53.4%432 / 755
3×3 blindfolded5:04.63
early days — 2 solves145 / 177
3×3 Fewest Moves56 moves
early days — 1 solve203 / 222

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Ukrainian Nationals 2019: 10.07Smartcube Fest Kyiv 2019: 11.9810.0711.9823 Aug 20192 Nov 2019

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.47 away.

Targets move as he improves.